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Unveiling of the Rose-Window
To the Memory of the late Duke of Westminster in Westminster Abbey, Friday, September 26, 1902.
More golden light henceforth for evermore
Shall fall on names whose memory helps the race,
And every poet in his sleeping-place
May feel warm sun upon the silent floor;
But they who entering through the Abbey door
Know the new thrill of unaccustomed grace,
In fancy see the Lord High Steward's face,
And sigh for one no blazoned panes restore.
Shall fall on names whose memory helps the race,
And every poet in his sleeping-place
May feel warm sun upon the silent floor;
But they who entering through the Abbey door
Know the new thrill of unaccustomed grace,
In fancy see the Lord High Steward's face,
And sigh for one no blazoned panes restore.
Gleam on, thou rich rose-window, gleam and show
With angel petals how all good and great
Were glad forerunners of the Christ to be.
Still God's way needs a herald; such was he
Who kept a humble heart in proud estate,
Who helped the high, and lifted up the low.
With angel petals how all good and great
Were glad forerunners of the Christ to be.
Still God's way needs a herald; such was he
Who kept a humble heart in proud estate,
Who helped the high, and lifted up the low.
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